Flying T Airport
SD68 · Hot Springs, South Dakota · Fall River County · map
Flying T Airport is a private airport, 3 miles southeast of Hot Springs, South Dakota, 3,675 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NW/SE, is 3,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SD68
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,675 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 3,400 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway NW: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM on request only. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Custer County (22 nm north), Chadron Municipal (36 nm southeast), Rapid City Regional (43 nm north), Mondell Field (49 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hot Springs Municipal (2 nm southeast), Custer County (22 nm north), Chadron Municipal (36 nm southeast), Rapid City Regional (43 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Ingress/egress routes to/from north and/or south. Traffic pattern not to extend beyond 1 MI east of runway.
- Poles southwest
- UNICOM on request only.
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hot Springs from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Hot Springs, South Dakota: 26 piston singles, 17 balloons, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hot Springs 45 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 17 balloons, 1 turboprops
- Dakota Balloons LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Christensen Balloons LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Western Horizons LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SD68.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.